Happy You're Gone

"how many times" in my opinion refers to how many times a guy/girl's partner cheated, now he/she can't look the other in the eye, because he/she is disgusted. "breath me" and "taste me" i think refers to the person wanting the cheater to keep thinking of him/her and continue to feel bad about what they've done. they want their revenge.

the song is clearly not about steve. i don't really think it's about anyone in particular.

when i listened to this song, its makes me remember to all my past. great song Brian and Placebo. and IMO this song maybe will be dedicated to Steve and maybe not..

The answer to what 'How many times' refers to is given at the end of the song. It's revealed that the protagonist's partner has lied to him too often. And that's the cause of why he's breaking up with her. If we look at the title, then we already know the resolution: The protagonist broke up with her and is relieved that she's gone. I think the turning point for him was discovering that she had lied to him again. But that's not mentioned in the song. The lyrics are all about the break up itself and that she'll forget him in which she should find comfort, but the way he's saying it is very hurting, but I guess that just reflects how hurt he's feeling himself.

The meaning's obvious, so don't hurry to say it was written for Steve Hewitt... Brian and Stef can't be happy he's gone after all those years. I'm sick of people saying "it's for steve", I mean ok, maybe they hadn't had an 'amicable' split up, but it's kinda cruel to call one of your 'husbands' cheap and nasty fake and Brian+Stef can't be that cruel..

well when i saw them in shepherds bush just under two weeks ago, after brian was announcing all the band members, then went on to say "this is a song about nobody in particular", it's pretty obvious who he was talking about. Brian writes some pretty sarcastic lyrics, so i don't think you can take it so literal all the time

not to mention his use of imagery

anyway, i remember being in tears almost when they played this, the new album is going to be truly amazing

this is so sad yet so beautiful. :/

teenagewife : i agree with you; i think it's so stupid when people say like every song was written for steve. same with BFTS.

oh yeah, taking it a bit far to say every single song is about steve, obviously they aren't but it's almost expected to have a few songs about him, he was a big part of their lives after all, gotta let him have some songs lol

i'm sure there are songs about him but i doubt brian would make it so... obvious. :p